New Delhi: India will attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo on December 10, 2010. Sources told CNN-IBN that India had confirmed in November that a representative of the country will be attending the ceremony.
The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize is being awarded to Chinese dissident writer Liu Xiaobo and at least 19 countries including China have already announced they will boycott the ceremony.
Sources said that India was aware of China concerns over the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo, but respected the Nobel institution. They added that India could not be pressured to boycott the Nobel Prize ceremony.
China has also threatened diplomatic consequences to any country showing support for the jailed writer. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will be in India from December 15 to 17.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2010 to Liu Xiaobo for his "long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China".
Among the countries which are likely to boycott the ceremony are Pakistan, Russia, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
The USA, UK and Japan are amongst 44 countries that have accepted the Nobel Prize committee's invitation.
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